Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-12-02
THE ICEHOUSE.
THE COLDER THE WEATHER. WHEN.
Ice is Cur AND STORED. TIE Ber.
TER Fon THE Ice. -

think am safe I'm saving TINT
too much care in the selection Of the
ice cannot be exercised. Some pe0, K
pie have the erroneous idea that
freezing purifies water. After n veryl,
droughty summer like this II Is nosMx
easy matter to get 1T ice. TypIa
fever Is almost an epidemic IN rs
places, and almost throughout ~ NJ
drought region 10 widely prcvalc '
showing that the water is unwholl 4
some and likely to remain so fox,
somo time. Tho rains that hnveS
broken the drought have not made
the contents Of our wells, ponds and
streams any purcr, and it will re.
qnire very heavy rains to carry rroIpS'
the land the excess OF unwlolesomv'|5 4
matters. We must exercisc unusu,t tf
care this winter in filling our I'D
houses oi their contents will be IS
curse instead of n blessing. AT pres.
cnt ponds and creeks arc 30 low i'm
this region that to get pure icc-irM
not to get Ice at ALT may he E
necessary to fiji tight boxes andy
troughs with water from the wells tesS
freeze. AS soon as the Ice Ia
inches thick it will answer ThiJ
ice may be got by putting In
trough night and morning only whSe,s|
water will freeze during the next II b
hours. Thus we arc continually Y
Ing ice ut tho top, where IL can be Ii
put on more rapidly than ut the bot.
tom. Getting ice IN this way is @
dernier reaort, but II is better
unwholcsomc ice, or no ice at s|2!
The secret of good packing is not IS IS{
big blocks, but in getting tile block 5
close together. Hence the block.
should be cut carefully that tlci
sides may be straight, othcrws, W,
there cannot be good 1T. AnyN
crcvices should be filled with crush.
ed ice. If the weather is quite cold y
pour water over the ice until theG
crcviccs are full; in this way tho con @
tents CT the house may be frozeIiS q
into one solid mass. This will keep
better. not on account Of the size of
blocks, but because there are no
crevices in 1t to be occupied by air.
When the house is filled, cover thc, /.
top Of the ice with layer of saw.
dust foot thick, trumpcd down we'll,
or layer of hay two feet thick.
The ice is built up only as high as /
the caves. Nearly every person has s.
his own way of cutting ice. This Il Ii
my way. without special tools: VIZ
get a board. IL feet long and 2 fee
wide. Take the "shad bellicdr cross S.
cut saw and knccling on the board
saw into the ice two inches deepSS
along both edges of the board. Thd
board fs then slid along tho propet
space, twice its own width, which itS
measures on the ice, and tile saw is +
again used. CROSS cuts arc made in
the samc way. BY this plan we get
all our cuts straight and The blocks
of the same size-no mean POINTS in
proper packing. Unless the ice Is
very thick, 1t can be separated along
these cuts or seams bp an axe (broad Is
axe is the best) or even a spade r.
For towing the blocks ashore n stoutlV)
garden rake answers we'll; or for a Ia
few cents blacksmith will make SSf
hook to drive into the end of a poleM
Haul the leo ON sled. No mattel
If there is no snow-the ground Isl
frozen. You can load the ice twice i
as quickly on sled as on a ,waao,;}S
Back the end Of the sled dewass & j = s3 &
brink and law g e = - 4, 81 q q